Channel-specific polls make sense.

I probably contributed to the perceived drop in quality. I'm not a physicist, not a filmmaker, not a philosopher, not an artist, not a psychologist, not a musician, not anything. Just plain old me.

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This is bullshit. I don't even remember who made the poll about the Jon Stewart beard thing - yes it was fluffy - VideoSift related - borderline, due to the number of DailyShow videos and their long history on the Sift.

You guys are worse than my kids - there was no intent to "play favourites" or "bend the rules" for "prominent members". I will discard this poll after a suitable period for outrage to play out.

Edit: ah yes, it was you Throbbin - you little scallywag! Don't let these guys get you down - big Daddy's got your back.

So....maybe channel-specific polls ARE a good idea?

I'm not sure what "big Daddy's got your back" means. But don't worry, I won't let them get me down. I guess a drop in quality (real or perceived) comes with growing popularity. I've often seen some of the older guard lamenting a drop in quality - I just figured my barrage of witless, boorish comments had something to do with it. Maybe I'm just paranoid and self-conscious.

Apologies Dag, if I rubbed you the wrong way.>> ^dag:

This is bullshit. I don't even remember who made the poll about the Jon Stewart beard thing - yes it was fluffy - VideoSift related - borderline, due to the number of DailyShow videos and their long history on the Sift.
You guys are worse than my kids - there was no intent to "play favourites" or "bend the rules" for "prominent members". I will discard this poll after a suitable period for outrage to play out.
Edit: ah yes, it was you Throbbin - you little scallywag! Don't let these guys get you down - big Daddy's got your back.

Naw man, iz all good. We've had fluffier polls before. The trouble with channel specific polls is that we have no easy way to get to them at this point, if they would be on their own subdomain for instance. And having multiple polls at once will likely be confusing.

If there's nothing else going on, a little soft poll - polls have never been softer - is fine, to keep people on their toes. As long as we don't overdo it.

and @Throbbin you can always get a comfort hug from me..

I don't like the LOLpolls. Can be annoying when the sidebar's all:

Videosift urgently needs your vote on a crucial matter -

Which is more fabulous, kittens or ice cream?

*Kittens!
*Ice Cream!
*OMG I can't decide I love them both!

And polls like this and the beard poll never have a "Who gives a shit?" option, which they should, and which I don't.

I even included that in my one and only poll.

How big is the stick in Tymbrwulf's ass?

* Huge
* Enormous
* I'm pretty sure you can see it from space

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There's not near enough outrage in this thread.

FTR - polls need to be videosift related or related to "online video" in some fashion - per the FAQ. We may get around to creating channel polls - until that happens, I'm going to *discard this one -thanks.

Discarding this post - discard requested by member dag.

I salute you @Tymberwulf, for having the intestinal fortitude to challenge the prevailing winds of VS. Jon Stewart? Sure - certainly sounds like it fits within "videosift related or related to "online video" in some fashion", don't it?

Could be that the original rational offered by @dag - that there are just so many Jon Stewart vids on VS so it's cool - is kinda weak? Maybe there's just something I'm missing. Maybe a double standard was exposed, and maybe it's just not cool to bring that kind of thing to light.

The worst part is that Tymberwulfs poll included an element related to videosift i.e. the inclusion of options pushing for channel-specific polls. In my humble opinion, that is considerably closer to the stated guidelines for a poll than a poll about a beard on a tv show. This indirect approach unfortunately results in suggestions of a stick in Tymberwulfs ass by @Sarzy. How very sad.

Some would say it is better to go along to get along. Others would say that's an awful way to view things.

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That's some quality outrage there. You could be right- perhaps the Jon Stewart video should have been deleted as well- I'm not a perfect judge. Although I would resist any notion that I would let a poll stay up based on the person who posted it.

Anyway, we do want to keep the Sift Talk front page primarily to do with things related to VideoSift - although this poll may have had some VideoSift questions in it - it was put together in a confusing way - to be honest, I'm not sure what it was asking.

>> ^Throbbin:

I salute you @Tymberwulf, for having the intestinal fortitude to challenge the prevailing winds of VS. Jon Stewart? Sure - certainly sounds like it fits within "videosift related or related to "online video" in some fashion", don't it?
Could be that the original rational offered by @dag - that there are just so many Jon Stewart vids on VS so it's cool - is kinda weak? Maybe there's just something I'm missing. Maybe a double standard was exposed, and maybe it's just not cool to bring that kind of thing to light.
The worst part is that Tymberwulfs poll included an element related to videosift i.e. the inclusion of options pushing for channel-specific polls. In my humble opinion, that is considerably closer to the stated guidelines for a poll than a poll about a beard on a tv show. This indirect approach unfortunately results in suggestions of a stick in Tymberwulfs ass by @Sarzy. How very sad.
Some would say it is better to go along to get along. Others would say that's an awful way to view things.

>> ^Throbbin:

The worst part is that Tymberwulfs poll included an element related to videosift i.e. the inclusion of options pushing for channel-specific polls. In my humble opinion, that is considerably closer to the stated guidelines for a poll than a poll about a beard on a tv show. This indirect approach unfortunately results in suggestions of a stick in Tymberwulfs ass by @Sarzy. How very sad.


My issue wasn't with Tymberwulf's message (he's probably right about the beard poll being off-topic for sift talk) but rather the sanctimonious, humourless way he delivered it.